Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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We ACCEPT (for now) reposts of good malicious compliance stories (from other platforms) which did not happen to you or someone you knew. Please use a [REPOST] tag in such situations.
We DO NOT ALLOW fiction, or posts that break site-wide rules.

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Reddit's API protest just got even more NSFW (mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/maliciouscompliance

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So can't reddit just change the wording of the ToS?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, they can but it takes time to do that and until they do /r/pics is adhering to the letter of the law (or at least an interpretation of it) while spitting in the face of the spirit of the law.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure why everyone thinks the lawyers would get involved. It doesn't matter what the guidelines technically say. Reddit has already proven to be extremely untrustworthy regarding their mod policy. If the admins want the mods out, the mods will simply be out.

But it sets a nice precedent/roadmap for the people still there even after the new mods (who have pledged fealty to the king) are installed. Countless people will do this until they get banned, hurting Reddit where it counts.